Burial-casket.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. J. D. RBNSHLER. I

BURIAL GASKET. APPLVIGATION FILED APR.28.1906.

ANDREW. a. GRAHAM 00.. FHOIO LlTNOGRAPHERS. WASHINGTON, v. c.

UNITED. STATES JOHN D. RENSHLER, 0F FINDLAY, 0.1110.

BURlAL-CASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 19061 Application filed April 28, 1906. Serial No. 314,215.

T0 aZZ whom trim/00y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. RENSHLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Findlay, county of Hancock, State of Ohio ,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Caskets, of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the casket opened. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the casket closed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the casket closed. I Fig. 4 is a perspective view in detail of a part of the draperyframe swung to the front edge of the upper section, and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical section showing one of the fastening devices.

The object of this invention is to improve that type ofburial-caskets known as the Davenport, in which the shell or body is adapted to open in such manner as to give to the casket the appearance of a sofa, the upper or cover section serving as a sort of canopy, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

To the accomplishment of this object and such others as may hereinafter appear the invention consists of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a art of this specification, in which the same re erence characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings annexed by reference characters, A designates the lower or main section of the casket, which consists of the entire back wall and bottom and narrow portions of the to and front walls, together with the triangu ar portions (1' of the end.

walls. The upper or cover section B consists of the main portion of the top, the main portion of the front wall I), and the triangular sections 1) of the end walls. The upper section is hinged at G to the top strip of the lower section, so that when the upper section is'swung up and back the top art of the upper section will be substantia ly a continuation of the main shell and the front wall I) will project horizontally forward. Hinged supporting-braces or props O are arranged to support the upper section in its raised position, these supports lying within the casket, so that when the casket is closed they will be entirely hidden from view.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the handle at the front side is attached to the front wall I) of the'upper section, anda series of three strong fastening devices F are employed to lock the front wall 7) down on the upper edge of the portion of the front wall attached to the bottom. Each of these fasteners consists of a plate fastened by screws to the lower portion of the front wall, where it will be obscured by the base-molding a. Hinged to this lower plate is a plate which is provided with a vertical slot, through which the winged head f of a turn-button f is adapted to pass, the wing on the button serving when the button is turned to lock the hinged section of the fastener to the front wall I). These series of fasteners form a strong and reliable connection between the upper section and the base, so that the handle may be attached to the upper section. The hinged sections of the fasteners when the casket is opened may be swung down upon the face of the base-molding a, where they will be out of the Way. These fastening devices are of course to be made ornamental, so that they will not detract from the appearance of the casket.

Hinged by means of suitable hooks and eyes (1 to the extreme front edge of the front wall I) is a depending frame D, consisting, preferably, of a series of separated wings or plates. This frame is adapted to carry the drapery that is to be swung from the front edge of the top section when the casket is opened, thereby greatly adding to the appearance of the casket. The sectional arrangement of the frame is desirable in that it permits the drapery to be festooned the length of the casketand suitable tassels arranged between the 'festoons. About midway the length of this swinging frame is a depending lever E, having an eye at its lower end, which lever when the casket is closed is employed to swing the drapery-carrying frame back and up against the inner face of the front wall I), where the frame will be held by the eye of the lever E catching into a suit-,

able hook e, carried by said wall I). In this Way the drapery may be neatly and carefully folded back out of the way when the casket is closed, so that it will not interfere with the ready closing of the casket.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ina casket of the type set forth, the combination of a main section, an up er section hin ed thereto at its rear edge an consisting of t e top and the front wall of the casket, this front wall being adapted to extend horizontally outward'when the basket is open, a In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my drapery-carrying frame hinged to and de signature, in the presence of two witnesses, pending from the front edge of the said forthis 20th day of April, 1906.

wardly-projecting front wall, and means for JOHN D. RENSHLER. 5 fastening said frame to the inner face of said Witnesses:

front wall when the casket is closed, substan- M. D. SOURs,

tially as set forth. G. E. BLUME. 

